Reed for musical instruments



Dec. 2, 1930. BRENNER 1,783,824

REED FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Filed Au 27, 1929 |lllllllllllll .gj

' INVENTOR WITNESSES E'ed azli'remwr Patented Dec. 2,1930

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FRED A. BRENNER, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T GRETSCH & BRENNER, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORAT'ION'OF NEW YORK REED FOR MUSIGAL INSTRUMENTS Application filed August 27, 1929. Serial No. 388,784.

This invention relates to a reed for wind musical instruments.

One of the objects of the invention is to ob tain an airtight fit of the reed with its mouth piece by applying to the reed or'lining the same with a flexible piece of material such as cork, rubber or equivalent material.

.Another object of the invention is the provision of a wood reed of the indicated char-' 1 acter which will be stronger, and also be prevented from splitting, by reason of the application thereto, or by being lined with said flexible material.

In the drawing forming a part of the following specification Figure 1 is a side viewof a mouthpiece with a reed constructed in accordance with the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the reed.

Fig. 3 is a section of the reed taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. 1

The reed 10 may be made of metal or wood of any suitable size. In the present instance the reed is made of bamboo having a thinned or tapering vibratory portion 11, and a base portion 12 relatively thicker than the portionll. On the inside of the base portion 10 there is applied a piece of flexible material 13 such as cork, rubber or other equivalent material. In the present instance use is made of a a thin piece of cork set in a recess formed in the base portion 12 and applied thereto in any suitable manner such as by the use of glue or other adhesive material. The reed so construoted is applied to the mouthpiece of a rial 18, the reed will be made stronger, and also be prevented from splitting.

I claim:

1. A musical reed having a base portion,

said base portion having a recess in the inside thereof, and a piece of resilient material se- 7 cured in said recess, for the purposes specimusical instrument, such mouthpiece being designated 14. The reed 10 is held in place by a suitable circular clamp 15 which surrounds the mouthpiece 14 and engages the 40 base portion 12 of the reed. The clamp 15 is of the split type and has the usual wing clamping screws 16. The inside of the reed is perfectly flat, and is laid against a flat surface of the mouthpiece 14. It will therefore 45 be understood that when the reed is applied to the mouthpiece 14 under the influence of the clamp 15 it will make an air tight fit on the mouthpiece, due to the piece of resilient material 13. In addition to this advantage, 50 due to the use of the piece ofresilient mate- 

